r/MacbookNeo

I'm interested in monitoring the system, I’ve tried several similar apps, but not satisfied, some of the powerful apps need to purchase for full features, I don't like an app with some features unavailable (even I don't need it). So I built this app, then I built the one for myself, after iterations, I decided to release it the public for free, hope you enjoy!

Looking forward your feedback!

The app introduction site: https://proc.stepwalk.fun

Process Doctor is a native macOS 14+ process monitor (Apple Silicon and Intel). It shows live system activity and a parent–child process tree, with rich per-process detail and optional menu bar monitoring. Your process list stays on your Mac—nothing is sent to the cloud for monitoring.

Core experience

• Live system overview — Sparkline history for CPU, memory (including pressure-style breakdown), GPU, and aggregate network throughput above the process list (default-route interface when available, otherwise aggregated from processes).
• Configurable sampling — Refresh interval (down to half-second steps) and how much history to keep for charts and trends.
• Tree, search, and sort — Hierarchical outline; search by name, arguments, path, and PID; sort by CPU, memory, threads, network in/out, name, or PID; optional ancestor-aware filtering (matches plus their parent chain).
• Click to inspect — Pick the window under the cursor to jump to its process (Accessibility when allowed; geometry fallback without it).

Per-process inspectors

Selecting a process opens tabs such as:

• General — Footprint-oriented memory detail where available
• Args & environment
• Open files
• Sockets
• Libraries — Optional otool for dylibs (when enabled in Settings)
• Code signing
• Entitlements
• Startup items — LaunchAgents/Daemons and related context
• History charts — Memory and network

Actions and automation

• Process actions — Pause / resume (SIGSTOP / SIGCONT), terminate, or force quit selected processes (with confirmations where appropriate).
• Shortcuts — Fire Shortcuts when processes start or exit (JSON on the clipboard; opens your shortcut via the Shortcuts URL scheme). Menu bar and window behavior
• Menu bar companion — Optional item with compact system charts and quick actions to open the app or hide the main window.
• Startup & presentation — Launch at login, menu-bar-only modes, Dock visibility, and whether the main window opens at launch.

Updates and permissions

• Updates — Check for updates from Settings or Help; optional automatic checks on launch and about daily while running (you’re alerted only when a newer version is available).
• Accessibility — Used for full click-to-inspect; geometry-based picking works without it.
• Full Disk Access — Optional, for deeper plist scans and some paths (add the app under Privacy & Security → Full Disk Access if you want that depth).

Hey everyone — this is a bit outside my comfort zone, but I wanted to share something I wrote.

It’s not a review of the MacBook Neo, more of a personal piece about how it connects back to when I first got into Apple and tech in general.

Would genuinely love to hear what you think.

https://open.substack.com/pub/fdnjlnbav/p/the-neo-effect?r=86qarj&utm\_medium=ios